Democratic candidate Lee Whitnum calls US Rep Chris Murphy "whore for AIPAC" during live debate

David Edwards
Raw Story
Sun, 08 Apr 2012 13:11 UTC

Lee Whitnum, heroine

Things got heated during a Democratic primary debate for the U.S. Senate in Connecticut on Thursday when one candidate told another that he was "whore" over his support of a pro-Israel lobbying group.

"I'm appalled that when I talk about the neoconservatives somehow it's twisted to be some sort of a racist comment," long-shot candidate Lee Whitnum said in response to U.S. Rep. Chris Murphy. "This is documented fact. The neoconservative role in the taking down of Iraq [with an] unnecessary war is fact. It's not opinion."

"I'm dealing with whore here who sells his soul to AIPAC [American Israel Public Affairs Committee], who will say anything for the job," Whitnum explained, pointing towards Murphy and then adding that state Rep. William Tong was "ignorant" for defending him.

"What I would like to propose is a prosecution of settlers here, American settlers, who go to Israel and maim or kill in the Promised Land. Since 2000, 66,000 of the indigenous culture have been killed, many of them by American settlers. This is viewed all over the Middle East and we are hated for this worldwide."

Murphy responded calmly during his closing remarks: "I'd advocated for all of the candidates to be a part of these debates. I might think twice about those with that kind of awful language being used on the airwaves."

Watch the video below from NBC Connecticut, broadcast April 5, 2012.

Reader Comments

Reflection · 2012-04-08T14:26:44Z

Say it aint so!

Whore's for AIPAC in the US Govt? Blasphemy!

I'd vote for her in a heartbeat if I could.

NVRRPNT · 2012-04-08T14:31:09Z

That Sounds Correct...

Whore (hôr, hr) n.

A person considered as having compromised principles for personal gain.

Ruth · 2012-04-08T18:49:19Z

So?

Its like the little boy in the fairytale who says: "The Emperor's not wearing any clothes". Its simply the truth, and America has been Israel's whore for too long as well.

DavidEvans · 2012-04-10T01:20:42Z

Lee Whitnum is just who is needed in US Congress

Lee Whitnum is what we need in our Congress, as she knows the difference between anti-Zionism and anti-Semitism. For far too long, Israel’s agents within both Houses, and within the Executive branch have had too much say in US foreign policy, as Israel continues to defy scores of binding UN Security Council Resolutions and other tenets of international law, including Geneva Convention IV, and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The aggressive, even murderous policies of Israel have cost the US allies, and made enemies of former allies, while our Congress continues to send billions of US tax dollars to Israel.

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Zionism is a political movement that has created a racist, apartheid state with yet undeclared borders, as Israel’s leaders continue illegal colony building on Palestinian lands:

[Link]Judaism is the original of three monotheistic major religions on our planet. Zionism and Israel have no place in the great Judaic religion, according to the Jewish Holy books. They are abominations, and these good people and Lee Whitnum know this:

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But Zionist propagandists have so successfully conflated Zionism, Judaism and Israel, that many of us don’t know this, and we allow our legislators to be unduly influenced by the Zionist Lobby, and send money abroad to defend Israel’s illegal acts while our infrastructure and social programs go lacking at home.

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Electing knowledgeable and courageous legislators like Lee Whitnum is the only way we are go solve this problem, and the only way we are going to help Israel’s citizens save themselves from suicide-by- continuing-belligerence in a part of the world that is rapidly changing.